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News Somalia » Bay » Politics: Ethiopia Accused of Role in Somalia’s Southwest Conflict

News channel or source: https://horseedmedia.net/ethiopia-accused-of-role-in-somalias-southwest-conflict/426573/

Published on: Friday 16 October 2026

The Ethiopian government is facing sharp accusations of stoking political and security turmoil across southwest Somalia, following ...

News Somalia » Bay » Politics: Somalia Fighting Hits Buurhakaba on 15 Oct

News channel or source: https://www.riotimesonline.com/somalia-buurhakaba-fighting-laftagareen-2026/

Published on: Thursday 15 October 2026

Fighting broke out in Buurhakaba, Somalia, on Thursday as forces loyal to ex-regional leader Laftagareen claimed the town on the Baidoa road.

News Somalia » Bay » Politics: Somalia: Clashes expose widening rift between Mogadishu and federal states

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/politics/government/somalia-clashes-expose-widening-rift-between-mogadishu-and-federal-states/ar-AA2aOE19

Published on: Monday 24 August 2026

Somalia's long-running political crisis entered a new phase this week as armed clashes in Southwest State highlighted growing tensions between Mogadishu and regional administrations opposed to ...

News Somalia » Bay » Politics: Somalia: Political leaders, their entourage and the depletion of the country’s resources.

News channel or source: https://www.garoweonline.com/en/opinions/somalia-political-leaders-their-entourage-and-the-depletion-of-the-countrys-resources

Published on: Friday 23 October 2015

Shortly before taking office, former US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, received a letter from George Kennan, Dean of the diplomatic corps, advising him against following the tradition of his ...

News Somalia » Bay » Politics: OP-ED | Southwest Somalia: A Political Crisis Becoming a Civil War

News channel or source: https://www.garoweonline.com/en/opinions/op-ed-southwest-somalia-a-political-crisis-becoming-a-civil-war

Published on: Monday 08 June 2026

OP-ED | Four things need to be said about the Dolow drone attack and what is happening in Southwest. First, political competition is drifting towards a man-made civil war. Second, successive federal ...

News Somalia » Bay » Politics: A regional war: Ethiopia troop pullout plan puts Somalia security under new strain

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/a-regional-war-ethiopia-troop-pullout-plan-puts-somalia-security-under-new-strain/ar-AA2duGsR

Published on: Saturday 03 October 2026

More than 3,000 soldiers could leave as fighting in Tigray intensifies, testing ...

News Somalia » Bay » Politics: How Oil Could Rewrite Somalia’s Political Economy – OpEd

News channel or source: https://www.eurasiareview.com/26082026-how-oil-could-rewrite-somalias-political-economy-oped/

Published on: Wednesday 26 August 2026

The pursuit of offshore hydrocarbons in the Horn is a high-stakes geological poker game, and Türkiye’s state-owned Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) has just pushed its chips to the middle of the ...

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